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032-003288769 Project / Collection Macnab Collection Level [40] File

1. Add Or 4306

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4306
Title:
A bay horse, facing right
Scope & Content:
f.5 A bay horse, facing right, against the same background as the preceding. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘For James Macnabb from Raleigh Gilbert’. Water-colour and body-colour; 245 by 408 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4305

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4305
Title:
Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert's racehorse
Scope & Content:
f.4 A grey horse, rather fly-blown, with cropped tail, mane and (apparently!) ears, facing right, an Indian jockey up in maroon and dark blue colours, against a softly painted landscape and unpainted sky. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in pencil on reverse: ‘Sir Walte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4302

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4302
Title:
A composite camel, with a peri dressed in Mughal costume on top, being led by a horned div
Scope & Content:
f.1 A composite camel, with a ‘peri’ dressed in Mughal costume on top, being led by a horned ‘div’ through a flat green landscape, with lightly painted mauve hills. By a Patna artist, c.1810. Water-colour and body-colour, wihtin a black border; paper watermarked ‘Budgen & W...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4303

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4303
Title:
A composite elephant with a lady as mahout, with a div with a long spear in front
Scope & Content:
f.2 A composite elephant with a lady as mahout, with a ‘div’ with a long spear in front. By a Patna artist, c.1810. Water-colour and body-colour; 235 by 390 mm. Note: With the same border and landscape as the preceding.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD4118

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4118
Title:
Commonplace book containing poems, watercolours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly, Alexander Lindsay, James Atkinson and Shiv Dayal. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book (ff.1-136) containing poems, water-colours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly, Alexander Lindsay, James Atkinson, Jai Ram Das and Shiv Dayal. A few pages have an 1814 watermark but the album appears to have been compiled between 181...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819-1821
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD4117

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4117
Title:
Album of 40 views and portraits. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
Scope & Content:
Views and portraits c.1820, laid down on tinted paper in an album (ff.1-40). Besides D'Oyly, other named artists include John Luard, Alexander Lindsay, K.M. Campbell, Lady D'Oyly, Jai Ram Das and Sita Ram. Inscribed inside front cover: ‘Album belonging once to James Monro Macnabb and containin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. P2483

Reference (shelfmark):
P2483
Title:
Pierce Gilbert Edward Taylor (b.1810), Bengal Civil Service. Lithograph by Charles D’Oyly at the Behar Lithographic Press.. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:
Pierce Gilbert Edward Taylor (b.1810), Bengal Civil Service, seated holding a drawing signed by himself. Lithograph by D’Oyly. Inscribed: ‘‘C D’Oyly ad vivm delt. Behar Lithographic Press’’. Lithograph. 18.6 by 13.4 cm. Note: Taylor was in India 1829. Assistant to the Commissioner of Reve...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4304

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4304
Title:
The Harihar Chattar mela at Sonpur viewed from the east bank of the Gandak opposite Patna. Artist(s): Shiv Dayal (fl. c.1820)
Scope & Content:
f.3 The Harihar Chattar ‘mela’ at Sonpur, viewed from the garden of Sir Charles D’Oyly’s bungalow on the east bank of the Gandak opposite Patna, the foreground thronged with people, numerous boats and barges on the river, the temple of Mahadeva on the opposite bank with a large encampment, and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD4043

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4043
Title:
Album of watercolours, lithographs and engravings, some by D’Oyly and his circle, others probably by members of the Macnabb family. The Italian views may be connected with D’Oyly’s retirement to Italy 1838-45. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845
Scope & Content:
Album (ff.1-60) of water-colours, lithographs and engravings, some by D’Oyly and his circle, others probably by members of the Macnabb family. Other named artists include Thomas Prinsep, Thomas D'Oyly, Lady D'Oyly, William Murray, and Christopher Webb Smith. The album also includes (ff.1-5) fi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s-1850s
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD4044

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4044
Title:
Album of 57 views and animal studies in pen and ink and pencil with a number of prints. The latter include early experiments with lithography, two on paper watermarked 1820 and one 1822. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
Scope & Content:
Album (ff.1-58) of views and animal studies in pen and ink and pencil with a number of prints. The latter include early experiments with lithography, two on paper watermarked 1820 and one 1822. D’Oyly did not set up his own Behar Amateur Lithographic Press in Patna until 1828; T. Black’s Asiat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s
Extent:
1 Item